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misframing

misframing

8.3
Giving information in a misleading way that makes people misunderstand it
  • noun
  • /ˌmɪsˈfreɪmɪŋ/
  • Jargon
translation icon : malinterpretación
  • The misframing of the issue led to public confusion and unnecessary panic.

So you can't the attempt to try and explain them is a misframing of the kind of thing they are.

Examples

  • Simple math errors, gross misstatements of the news cited, often bizarre misframing (e.g., taking a strong economic report and focusing on one weak element, without regard for the whole).

    Blog text (1)
  • Because of this initial misframing, the Court is forced to convey its concerns about the award awkwardly and indirectly, as problems of evidence and procedure.

    Academic text (2004)
  • So you can't the attempt to try and explain them is a misframing of the kind of thing they are.

  • Her article included a lot of misframing, which made the facts seem skewed.

  • The report's misframing presented the situation in a way that misled the readers.

Synonyms

distortion
vsmisframing
46 5.8

A report or statement that gives a false picture of the truth

shapes an issue's presentation to mislead rather than only erring in facts
misrepresentation
vsmisframing
25 7.5

A statement that gives false information about something

focuses on shaping information presentation to mislead people
mischaracterization
vsmisframing
  • US
6 8.3

A wrong description that makes a person or event seem bad

alters the presentation to make the issue look different or unfair
misreporting
vsmisframing
1 5.3

Giving wrong information in official papers or records

uses presentation or angle to mislead in broad contexts rather than just reports
misdescription
vsmisframing
7.5

An incorrect or misleading statement about something

changes the way information is presented to cause a wrong impression

Antonyms

169 3.8

How close a measurement or statement is to the correct value

152 3.0

How easy it is to understand what someone says or writes

How Misleading

fabrication
29 6.5
misframing
  • Jargon
8.3
spin
  • Literature
145 7.5

Surface Forms

misframing singular
misframings plural

Morphology

misframing = misframe (transparent) = mis + frame + ing

Formed by productive prefix mis- (wrongly) + frame with a gerundive/nominal -ing; meaning is predictable from its parts.

Etymology

Misframing comes from the prefix mis- meaning 'wrong' and the word frame meaning 'to set up' or 'the way something is shown'. Imagine putting a story in the wrong picture frame so people understand it the wrong way. So, misframing means presenting information in a misleading or wrong way.